Monday night saw Channel 4 launch its latest ‘ground breaking’ documentary, with SAS: Who Dares Wins (10pm) delivering a giant dollop of shouty and sinewy alpha male aggression.

After lulling viewers into a comforting sense of familiar calm for four weeks now, last night’s trip to Downton Abbey (10pm) had a deliciously nasty and grotesque surprise in store for fans.

For the second night in a row Lord Alan of Sugar and his band of marketing mercenaries stormed the 9pm slot for BBC One, with the sophomore episode of The Apprentice giving viewers an unprecedented twist.

The majority of online newsbrands audited by ABC saw a fall in activity in September with Metro witnessing the biggest month on month loss.

Wednesday night brought the eleventh series of cringe-powered reality show The Apprentice (BBC One, 9pm) to the nation’s screens, as another hoard of buzz-word spouting ‘professionals’ entered Lord Sugar’s arena.

Just in case there wasn’t enough miserable and slow burning post-Killing police procedurals littering up the TV schedule, last night saw BBC One attempt to squeeze in one more Scandinavian-influenced bleak-fest for good measure.

Despite going head to head, BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing (7:15pm) still managed to secure an audience of 8 million viewers, although being 45 minutes long probably helped.

Three days after BBC One’s long-running cold case drama New Tricks finally came to an end, last night saw ITV début its own take on the haunted-copper-solving-old-crimes format with Unforgotten (9pm).

Last night saw viewers return one last time to the great white tent of dreams as The Great British Bake Off (BBC One, 9pm) came to an emotional conclusion.

After 12 series and an ever-changing cast, Tuesday night finally brought an end to the crime show which unashamedly appeased the appetites of an older demographic as New Tricks (9pm) finally bowed out for good.